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Reno Man Created 8,000 Fake Online Accounts via Stolen Identities

Kenneth Gilbert Gibson intended to use the accounts to commit a $3.5 million fraud operation. Gibson created a scheme to steal the identities of multiple victims from a Reno database and use them to open unauthorized accounts, credit accounts, bank accounts, and prepaid cards. Gibson also filed a fraudulent federal income tax return, which did not include the taxable income generated from this scheme, which totaled about $1,049,070. Gibson pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud, one count.”]

Source: https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/reno-man-created-8-000-fake-online-accounts-via-stolen-identities

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